Customer Story – Y in Central Maryland

We recently had a chance to speak with Sherrie Rovnan, CFO, and Jeff Mazerski, Director of Software Applications, at the Y in Central Maryland, where they’ve been instrumental in creating and piloting Daxko’s Online Move Camper functionality.

Online Move Camper allows members and program participants to make changes to existing camp registrations within Daxko Operations, freeing staff from manual camp moves, and empowering parents and other guardians to adjust camp selections at a time that’s convenient for them.

Mazerski and Rovnan both stressed that online moves are a must for their organization. “We serve a lot of two-income families, and the most convenient time for them to sign up and change camp registrations is in the evening, when our central office may not be open. Working parents need the ability to do this online,” Rovnan states.

When asked about the biggest internal impact on their organization, Rovnan explains that the amount of staff time saved cannot be underestimated. “We have thousands of online moves every summer, so to have this functionality is vital for us. Changing camps can be very time consuming over the phone, and that was something that fell onto the front desk staff. We wanted to take that transactional interaction away from front desk staff and instead have them focus on more meaningful engagements with members. We can’t stress enough the amount of time saved with online moves.”

In fact, if you consider that each move takes about 10 minutes per support call for staff to assist guardians with the request, and you multiply that by the 2,000+ moves the Y in Central Maryland records in an average summer, online functionality could save more than 300 hours of staff time.

As far as the setup, Mazerski and Rovnan both agree that it’s simple. “There is not a lot of work involved to get it set up. All you have to do is set up the dates and fees,” says Rovnan. Mazerski adds, “Really, it’s just one extra set of fields to enter when you’re setting up your camps, and there are automated controls built in so the association has the power to close online moves prior to the session and charge fees if necessary.”

“Daxko has made it so easy,” Rovnan adds. “It’s so easy for the members and participants to do themselves. It takes you through it step by step. We haven’t had one parent call and say they didn’t understand how to do it.”

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